Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment

by Justin Marceau

Book Overview

For all the diversity of views within the animal protection movement, there is a surprising consensus about the need for more severe criminal justice interventions against animal abusers. More prosecutions and longer sentences, it is argued, will advance the status of animals in law and society. Breaking from this mold, Professor Justin Marceau demonstrates that a focus on "carceral animal law" puts the animal rights movement at odds with other social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108405452
• ISBN13: 9781108405454
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 9.0"